Techniques in Electroanalytical Chemistry

Olja Simoska is the 13th American Chemical Society (ACS) Irving S. Sigal Postdoctoral Fellow, currently working in the research group of Professor Shelley D. Minteer in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Utah. She received her Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry from the University of Texas at Austin in 2019, working under the mentorship of Professor Keith J. Stevenson. In the fall of 2022, Olja will be starting her independent career as an Assistant Professor of Analytical Chemistry in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of South Carolina. She has authored over 20 publications and delivered over 20 conference presentations, invited lectures, and seminars. Olja has been the recipient of several awards, including the prestigious ACS Sigal Postdoctoral Fellowship, ACS Division of Analytical Chemistry Graduate Fellowship, Charles Morton Share Graduate Fellowship, University of Texas at Austin’s Graduate Dean’s Fellowship, Hanze Teaching award, and Ereztech BridgeForward award, among others. Her main research interests focus on bioanalytical electrochemistry and microbial bioelectrocatalysis, specifically the development and application of electrochemical sensors for monitoring human health, as well as the design of redox mediating systems that facilitate extracellular electron transfer in bacteria.

Shelley D. Minteer is a USTAR Professor and the Dale and Susan Poulter Endowed Chair of Biological Chemistry in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Utah, as well as the current Associate Chair of the Department. She received her Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry at the University of Iowa in 2000 under the direction of Professor Johna Leddy. After receiving her Ph.D., she spent 11 years as a faculty member in the Department of Chemistry at Saint Louis University before moving to the University of Utah in 2011. She was a Technical Editor for the Journal of the Electrochemical Society (2013–2016) and also an Associate Editor for the Journal of the American Chemical Society (2016–2020) before becoming the inaugural Editor-in-Chief of the ACS Au Journals. She has won several awards, including the Luigi Galvani Prize of the Bioelectrochemical Society, International Society of Electrochemistry Tajima Prize and Bioelectrochemistry Prize, Grahame Award of the Electrochemical Society, Fellow of the Electrochemical Society and the International Society of Electrochemistry, American Chemical Society Division of Analytical Chemistry Award in Electrochemistry, and the Society of Electroanalytical Chemists’ Young Investigator Award and Reilley Award. Her research interests are focused on electrocatalysis and bioanalytical electrochemistry. She has expertise in biosensors, biofuel cells, electrosynthesis, and bioelectronics.